Neil Philip of Idbury Prints comments: "This is great, isn't it? The translation is by Arthur Waley, though the
last line has been altered, to its detriment. Waley's line reads as
follows, with the "he" in italics which I can't do:

So even he was not so lazy as I.

Hsi
Shu-yeh is the Taoist poet Hsi K'ang (223-262 C.E.). No doubt the
transliteration of all these names has changed since Waley's day. "

And I replied: "The editor of the anthology didn't include any source credits, but I
was so taken with the poem that I hoped the spirit of Po Chu-I wouldn't
mind."

Image: Vincinzo Balocchi - Young Girl Sleeping In A Chaise Lounge, 1960, Museum of the Story of Photography, Florence.

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Why The Blue Lantern ?

A blue-shaded lamp served as the starboard light for writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette's imaginary journeys after she became too frail to leave her bedroom at the Palais Royale. Her invitation, extended to all, was "Regarde!" Look, see, wonder, accept, live.

"I think of myself as being in a line of work that goes back about twenty-five thousand years. My job has been finding the cave and holding the torch. Somebody has to be around to hold the flaming branch, and make sure there are enough pigments." - Calvin Tompkins